Confessions of a master jewel thief vs The Light of Day: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Jewel thieves, Criminals
Confessions of a master jewel thief
The extraordinarily captivating memoir of the remarkable jewel thief who robbed the rich and the famous while maintaining an outwardly conventional life--an astonishing and completely true story, the like of which has…
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The Light of Day
Arthur Simpson is a petty thief who is discovered stealing from a hotel room. His victim, however, turns out to be a criminal in a league well above his own and Simpson is blackmailed into smuggling arms into Turkey for…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Confessions of a master jewel thief highest: Confessions of a master jewel thief 3.9 · The Light of Day 3.4.
- The Light of Day is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 6 for Confessions of a master jewel thief.
- The Light of Day has the widest readership — 3216 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Confessions of a master jewel thief | The Light of Day | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (1070) | 3.4 (3216) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | 4.3 (3) |
| Google Books | 2.5 (2) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (22) | 4.0 (21) |
Reception
| Confessions of a master jewel thief | The Light of Day | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1070 | 3216 |
| Editions | 5 | 43 |
| Citations | — | 2 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 1545 | 1717 |
| Reading it now | 77 | 190 |
| Written reviews | 128 | 335 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 835 |
| Pages | 374 | 232 |